# Entity Framework 6

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-entity-framework/ef6/  
**Provider:** Microsoft Entity Framework — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-entity-framework/  
**Base URL:** https://www.nuget.org/packages/EntityFramework  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/ef6/

Entity Framework 6 is one of 2 APIs that [Microsoft Entity Framework](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-entity-framework/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include .NET Framework, Database, Legacy, and ORM. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, and a GitHub repository.

The mature and stable ORM for .NET Framework with Code First, Database First, and Model First workflows.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/ef6/
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/ef6/get-started
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.data.entity
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/dotnet/ef6
- **SDKs** — https://www.nuget.org/packages/EntityFramework

## Other Microsoft Entity Framework APIs (1)

- [Entity Framework Core](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-entity-framework/ef-core/)

## Tags

.NET Framework, Database, Legacy, ORM

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